Do People Guess Your Age Correctly?

[Wolf Sage]

Can people guess your age? Do people tend to think that you're older or younger than you actually are? Why do you think so?

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People tend to think that I am much younger than I am. I'm 23, but I am always mistaken as 18/19 years old, even if I let my beard and moustache grow out; though the youngest I've heard was 17. It's very seldom that someone thinks I'm older than my actual age, but this one time someone thought I was, like, 30 years old. Weird. I dunno why people can't seem to get it right—perhaps it's my 'youthful' appearance, or perhaps it's my personality (lolnot, seeing as I don't have one).

 

[Sir Quaffler]

The vast majority of the time people think I'm younger than I am. I'm 24, but people usually think I'm 17 or 18 (sometimes I get 20 or 21). I have a very young-looking complexion, and I've grown to really like it. It means I don't age as much as others do, and I'll still be good-looking into my 50's and hopefully even 60's. My parents have some really good genes.

 

[Mercedes]

I don't really give people the opportunity to guess my age, that's just an insult waiting to happen, but the few times we've had the "What age do I look?" sort of conversations with random people most of them manage to hit the nail on the head most of the time. I don't always get ID'd when buying stuff you usually need ID for these days so I guess that's a good an indication as any!

 

[sailormars109]

Given that I'm only 5'1" and weigh 90 pounds, people never guess my age correctly. I still get asked if I want a kids menu when we got out to eat. I'm 18 so this really annoys me. I know it's something that will be good for me when I'm older, but right now it's super annoying. I've been told that I look like I'm 12. I've also been told that I look like I'm 13 or 14. Let me give some examples in picture form.

Me when I was 13:

Me today in Starbucks (the lip ring is fake):

There's definitely a difference between ages, but apparently people don't know the difference between a teenage and tween. *sighs*

 

[Vanessa28]

People always guess my age much younger than I am. When I was 12 or 13 people always thought I was 16 or 17 because at that time I was already fully grown in heigth. My mom said I had her gens and people would later guess my age younger and she was right. When I was 18 people guessed it right but when I was 20 people thought I was 17. And this always has been the case ever since. Always the younger guess. I don't really mind. You are as young or old as you feel or behave

 

[Justac00lguy]

I'd say I look right around my age (18-21 range to be more specific).

I've had a lot of different views on my age from people who don't know initially. I've had people who thought I was slightly younger and some who thought I was slightly older. Facial wise I wouldn't say I look old, but I have the build of a man, so that's probably why I get a range of different views. Also usually people can just guess my age by the way I dress (young adult trends and whatnot). You can easily tell how old someone is from the way they dress, in my experience anyway.

 

[キラ]

People always think I'm younger. Always. No one ever guesses my age and gets the correct answer. Some people say I have a baby face. Maybe I do, I don't know. ^^ People usually say I look 15! What do you think my age is?

Spoiler

(Sorry for the crappy quality on this one.)

I'm 19. Maybe you thought I was 19 but no one else ever guesses 19. Well, I have never grown any facial hair except for my peach fuzz mustache - which I got very recently. Is there something wrong there?

 

[tketle]

I imagine there's a fair number of people who think I'm younger than I really am (19), on account of how short I am (5' 2"). For instance, during the weekend my local shopping mall doesn't allow anyone younger than 18 to wander around after 5 o'clock without the accompaniment of an adult, and I've been asked for ID a few times. Other than that I don't have much to go by because people don't ever make comments about my age, really. (Although people do mistake me to be female a lot, but that's for another thread.)

 

[BoxTar]

People think I'm only a few years older than I really am based on how I look. I'm only 20 and people guess around 23-25 most of the time. I've told some people that I'm that young and they give me this wide-eyed look, especially when I get a new co-worker and I tell them I've been at my job for a year and a half. They're just like "how is that even possible? :O" XD Not sure if its a compliment or not, but I don't mind looking more mature, cuz that's how I act...most of the time

 

[Violet Link]

No one really guesses my age correctly, since I act mature for my age and I'm tall for my age. They all think I'm older than what I really am. People always think I'm around 14-18, when I'm actually 13 right now. But I don't really know if I should accept them as compliments or not.

 

[Sheik]

Normal height. Normal weight. Normal appearance. Normal everything.

People are usually correct when guessing my age, as you can probably infer.

 

[LilyPadGeek]

People will never guess my age... )

 

[Reaca]

A few years ago, before I actually got close to average height, people always thought I was younger than I was. Now, people assume that I'm somewhere in the 15-16 range, which is correct.

 

[Skunk]

When I was in sixth grade, I went to an art museum and the receptionist thought I was a college student. So no, people don't guess my age correctly. Now I guess it's a bit closer, seeing that I'm almost in my second year oh highschool, but generally people think I'm 18-20-something.

 

[misskitten]

Not really. But I don't blame them for struggling. When you have a round face it's harder to guess your age, because you can look older and younger at the same time. Tho people tend to guess I'm mid-twenties, and I turn 30 in just 2 weeks.